Some 62 percent of companies are yet to carry out a Brexit risk assessment, according to the survey published Friday by the British Chambers of Commerce. The 30-year schism inside her party over Europe helped sink the premierships of her Conservative predecessors Margaret Thatcher, John Major and David Cameron. [Full Article...]

Just six months before Britain is due to leave the European Union on March 29, 2019, May has said talks to clinch a divorce deal are at an impasse. The bloc's leaders expressed skepticism over the Chequers plan at a summit in Salzburg earlier this month, with EU Council President Donald Tusk warning that it risked " undermining the single market ". [Full Article...]

Moscow denies any involvement, saying the two suspects were tourists visiting Salisbury twice during a weekend trip to Britain. Britain, the United States and most European Union countries responded to the Salisbury attack with expulsions of Russian diplomats and financial sanctions on Russia . [Full Article...]

The ruling was the second time a federal court judge has made a decision to advance such unprecedented constitutional lawsuits against the president. hotel, which has hosted leaders from Kuwait, Malaysia and other countries. The president maintains ownership of his businesses, but has ceded day-to-day control to his sons. [Full Article...]

The instructor and his tandem jump partner were about one mile above the ground when they became separated, said Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. Cpl. John MacDonald, spokesman for the Maine Warden Service, said it's stunning that the student survived this ordeal. The investigation to determine what caused the fatal skydiving accident is ongoing, MacDonald s... [Full Article...]

An image released by the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) shows a collapsed shopping mall after a 7.7 magnitude quake that struck Donggala, Central Sulawesi on Friday. The airport in Palu city is reported to be closed. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency has warned that initial reports show "victims died in the rubble of a collapsed building". [Full Article...]

He said Damascus is now determined to liberate the occupied Golan Heights from Israel. The Russian-Turkish deal averted a large-scale assault by Russian-backed Syrian forces on the province, where three million people live. The UN-led efforts to bring Syria's warring factions together to draft a new constitution under which elections would be held has been stalled for years. [Full Article...]

Mark Judge, who Ford says was in the room with Kavanaugh when he pinned her to a bed and covered her mouth while trying to remove her clothes, has also denied the incident took place. She has ended up helping the nominee on two crucial questions as the confirmation process shifts from emotion-filled hearings on Thursday to a one-week FBI investigation. [Full Article...]